Description
GuidePoint Security is looking for a skilled Practice Lead, Privilege Access Management (PAM) to lead their central Privileged Access Management practice.
The Practice Lead, PAM will be required to demonstrate strong technical leadership, solution architecture, and delivery management skills, lead by influence, and strong business/financial acumen to drive the use of progressive PAM delivery and managed services programs.
Responsibilities:
- Own the overall Privileged Access Management (PAM) practice strategy, vision, roadmap, and growth
- Define and maintain the practice’s service offerings, delivery methodologies, reference architectures, standards, and best practices
- Provide strategic and technical leadership across PAM engagements
- Lead the evaluation, design, and implementation of PAM solutions
- Provide subject matter expertise across leading PAM platforms
- Develop technology-agnostic PAM architectures and solution recommendations
- Establish and mature PAM capabilities across people, process, and technology
- Lead PAM maturity assessments and develop target-state architectures
- Oversee complex PAM implementations and migrations
- Drive adoption of modern PAM capabilities
- Develop and maintain PAM reference architectures, reusable accelerators, implementation frameworks, and delivery standards
- Provide technical governance and oversight for large-scale PAM programs
- Partner with IAM, Cybersecurity, Cloud, Infrastructure, Application, DevOps, Network, Risk, Compliance, and Audit teams
- Lead technical teams consisting of PAM architects, consultants, engineers, and analysts
- Support pre-sales, solutioning, proposals, RFP/RFI responses, SOW development, effort estimation, and client presentations
- Build and maintain strong relationships with PAM technology vendors and strategic partners
- Monitor the PAM technology landscape and evaluate emerging technologies
- Define and track practice KPIs, delivery metrics, quality standards, utilization, revenue, profitability, and customer satisfaction
- Establish quality assurance and governance processes
- Act as a senior trusted advisor to clients and internal stakeholders
Requirements:
- 12+ years of experience in cybersecurity, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Privileged Access Management (PAM), or related security disciplines
- 7+ years of experience in PAM, with demonstrated expertise across multiple enterprise PAM platforms
- Strong hands-on and architectural experience with one or more leading PAM platforms
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing enterprise PAM architectures and operating models
- Experience leading large-scale PAM transformation, implementation, migration, and modernization programs
- Strong understanding of PAM capabilities
- Strong understanding of IAM, Zero Trust, identity governance, MFA, RBAC/ABAC, SSO, and identity lifecycle management
- Experience integrating PAM platforms with Active Directory/LDAP, SIEM, ITSM, MFA, cloud platforms, databases, servers, network devices, applications, and DevOps toolchains
- Strong understanding of security frameworks and regulatory requirements
- Proven experience leading technical teams and multidisciplinary security programs
- Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts to executives, security leaders, architects, engineers, and business stakeholders
Preferred Experience and Education:
- Professional certifications in PAM/IAM or cybersecurity
- Certifications or advanced training in Delinea and/or BeyondTrust technologies
- Experience with CyberArk Conjur, Delinea Secret Server/DevOps Secrets Vault, BeyondTrust Password Safe
- Experience with AWS, Azure, and/or GCP privileged access and identity security
- Strong experience with PAM automation and APIs
- Experience developing PAM managed services or operational support models
- Experience building or growing a PAM professional services/consulting practice
Benefits:
- Remote workforce primarily
- Group Medical Insurance options
- Group Dental Insurance
- 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
- Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance
- Eligibility for retirement plan